Nullarbor Wilderness Protection Area Explained

Type:protected
Nullarbor Wilderness Protection Area
State:sa
Iucn Category:Ib
Iucn Ref:[1]
Coordinates:-31.3751°N 130.1666°W
Relief:yes
Nearest Town Or City:Ceduna
Area:8942.91
Area Footnotes:[2]
Established Footnotes:[3]

Nullarbor Wilderness Protection Area is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located about 270km (170miles) west of Ceduna in the locality of Nullarbor.[4]

The wilderness protection area was proclaimed under the Wilderness Protection Act 1992 on 6 June 2013 on land previously proclaimed under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 as the Nullarbor National Park and the Nullarbor Regional Reserve.[5] [3]

It is bounded in the west by the Western Australia - South Australian state border, in the south by the coastline adjoining the Great Australian Bight, to the east by the Yalata Indigenous Protected Area and the Nullarbor Regional Reserve, and to the north by the Nullarbor National Park and the Nullarbor Regional Reserve.[6] [4] [7]

Two heritage-listed sites within the area, Koonalda Cave and the Koonalda Homestead Complex, are listed on the South Australian Heritage Register; the former is also listed on the Australian National Heritage List.[8] [9] [10]

The wilderness protection area is classified as an IUCN Category Ib protected area.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (refer 'DETAIL' tab) . CAPAD 2016. Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE) . 21 February 2018 . 2016.
  2. Web site: Protected Areas Information System - reserve list (as of 25 November 2014). Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. 8 January 2015.
  3. Web site: Wilderness Protection (Nullarbor Wilderness Protection Area) Proclamation 2013 . The South Australian Government Gazette . Government of South Australia . 6 March 2019 . 2501 . 6 June 2013.
  4. Web site: Search result for 'Nullarbor Wilderness Protection Area' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'NPW and Conservation Properties' and 'Gazetteer'. Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. 16 January 2018.
  5. Web site: Highest protection for Nullarbor. Government of South Australia. 16 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20130629170418/http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/Home/Full_newsevents_listing/News_Events_Listing/130622-nullarbor-wilderness-area. 29 June 2013. 22 June 2013.
  6. Wilderness Advisory Committee Annual Report 2012-13. Annual Report. September 2013. 17–18. 17 March 2014. 1832-9357.
  7. Book: A Review of Nullarbor Regional Reserve 1999 - 2009. July 2009. Department for Environment and Heritage. 978-1-921466-43-4. 8. 16 March 2015.
  8. Web site: Koonalda Cave . Department of the Environment (Cth) . Australian National Heritage List . 12 February 2016.
  9. Web site: Koonalda Cave, Nullarbor National Park [also on the National Heritage List ID 106022] ]. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources . South Australian Heritage Register . 12 February 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160215213139/http://apps.planning.sa.gov.au/HeritageSearch/HeritageItem.aspx?p_heritageno=3 . 15 February 2016 . dmy-all .
  10. Web site: Koonalda Homestead Complex (including homestead, petrol outlet and generator room, outbuilding, shearers' hut, shearing shed, yards and sheep dip), Nullarbor National Park . Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources . South Australian Heritage Register . 12 February 2016.

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